Following the recent severe weather event, the GCWA team is busy out on the Gold Coast waterways recovering lost buoys, repairing damaged beacons and other navigation aids, and monitoring sunken vessels for pollution at multiple locations. While the focus remains on the Nerang and Coomera Rivers, GCWA keeps assessing and responding to damage across the […]
We’re planning for best future uses of Marine Stadium at The Spit, Main Beach, and we need your input. Marine Stadium is an incredibly popular destination in our city, with a diverse range of use and users. The Gold Coast Waterways Authority is preparing a draft plan for the best future uses for Marine Stadium, […]
A $300,000 project to improve waterways access from the Alberton boat ramp on the Logan River has been completed, just in time for the school holidays. We’ve aid the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has widened the Alberton boat ramp on the Logan River from one to two lanes. ‘The northern Gold Coast is one […]
Safe, ongoing access to the Gold Coast Seaway and adjacent navigation channels will be underpinned by a $6.3 million dredging campaign which will be underway within weeks. The dredging contract has been awarded to a south-east Queensland firm, Riverside Marine. The Seaway is the gateway which connects the Gold Coast’s inland coastal waterways network to […]
We’re closing the jetty to public access this weekend (8-9 May 2021,) and the following 3 weekends, as we’ll be pumping sand during these times. The jetty was built to support the jet pumps for the Sand Bypass System. To make sure we keep pace with changes in health and safety regulations, GCWA regularly undertakes […]
High voltage switch gear which keeps the Gold Coast’s Sand Bypass System pumping is about to undergo a major upgrade. We’ve awarded a $1.2 million contract for the work to locally based firm, TEW Solutions. The investment is vital because the Sand Bypass System supports safe, navigable access to the Gold Coast Seaway and coastal […]
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority and City of Gold Coast are partnering to plan and develop new technologies, infrastructure and environmental management practices under a new agreement aimed at tackling climate change. As a first step under the partnership, GCWA and the City are commissioning a project to prepare a business case for managing coastal […]
Preliminary works have started on a multi-million-dollar project to dredge an area near the Gold Coast Seaway entrance and in the adjacent navigation channels to improve access to the waterways network. A contract to undertake sediment sampling for the project has been awarded to Gold Coast firm, Pacific Geotech Pty Ltd. The Seaway is the […]
A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) has been specially developed to enhance our knowledge of the Gold Coast’s underwater environments and improve waterways management. The new Rangerbot named Nyah will do a range of jobs including marine habitat surveys, seabed sediment sampling, maintenance checks on navigation aids and to help search for, and retrieve, objects […]
Here’s a trivia question for you. What’s valued at over $11 million and helps keep Gold Coast navigation channels safer and accessible for boaties? If your answer was the Aids to Navigation (AtoN) dotted around the waterways network, you are right! On the Gold Coast there are more than 2,000 beacons, buoys and marine signs […]
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Who’s Who in the Blue explains who is responsible for managing, protecting and regulating Queensland’s waterways, particularly on the Gold Coast.
It clarifies agency roles across safety, environmental protection, pollution response, compliance and infrastructure, helping avoid confusion and duplication.
Overall, it’s a quick reference guide that supports coordination, accountability and effective waterway stewardship.
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority acknowledges and pays respect to the traditional custodians, the Yugambeh peoples of South East Queensland, including the Kombumerri, Mununjali, Wangerriburra, Bullongin and other clans, and their Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise their unique and ongoing spiritual and cultural connection with the land and waters of the Gold Coast area.